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Don't know those particulars. Was a bona fide appraisal submitted to justify the decrease in value?

I'll respectfully disagree; well at least partially. I'm pretty tuned in to CC politics. We've had some very good elected officials in CC and have some really good one's now. Pendery has done an outstanding job as the Judge Executive, even though I've disagreed strongly with some of his positions (the anti smoking ordinance for example). By a wide margin, the positives way exceed the negatives. Daley has done a great job as jailer, which in my opinion, can be the second most important position in the County because of the cost of running the jail and the impact of the jailer on controlling those costs. Nothing against "one of our own" Guidugli, but Daley is WAY more qualified: former KSP officer, ran the N. Ky Drug Strike Force; and an attorney. All of which help him considerably in the position of jailer. Guidugli's qualifications? Good guy and a tough nose son of a gun. Daley all the way for me. Garrett, Painter and Rechtin have done a very nice job as County Commissioners (although Rechtin has recently converted to campaign mode as he will be on the ballot in November as the D candidate for Judge Executive). Braun does a really nice job as the PVA. Franzen does a nice job as the County Attorney. Snodgrass does a nice job as County Clerk (but is not running for re-election if my memory serves me correctly). We've got well qualified people serving as the Circuit Court and District Court judges. So in my opinion at least, we have one of the best group of elected officials in CC that I can remember. We do have some folks involved in CC politics that I'm not particularly proud of, such as Kidwell. For the most part, those folks have remained marginalized, but they have been able to exercise some influence (which is concerning). Which is why voters must turn out on the 20th and vote to keep those folks from having more influence and to keep the well performing elected officials in office.

Not a fan of Kidwell; not at all. Don't agree with how he has used his position as the head of the CC Republican Exec Committee; not a fan of his attempt to mis-lead the voters. Every time I see his picture of him wearing a Smokey hat, I chuckle. He definitely has a "wanna be cop" disorder and I'll definitely be voting for Jansen as Sheriff.

Smoked my first brisket Friday night. I'd read how hard it is. It was simple. Perhaps because I went with a smaller one (5.5 lbs). Used a Weber kettle grill. Kept it around 225 degrees. Used a pre-made dry rub purchased at Krogers. Wrapped it in foil for the last 1.5 hours.Came out extremely moist and juicy. Used it as an appetizer for a gathering of folks down the farm. It was devoured. Grilled venison burgers for the dinner, with topping choices of bacon, spam, metts and/or ham, with sides of salad and Cincy style chili on mac n cheese (basically a 3 way). Grilling season is indeed here.

I wasn't a fan of the hire either, but wasn't Brooks' age becoming an issue on the recruiting trail, and to offset that problem, a decision made to name Joker as the HCIW? The hire of Joker obviously did not work out, but at the time Joker had a pretty good record as a recruiter (although Stoops is blowing his doors off) and as an OC/asst coach. Hope Stoops proves me wrong, but learning how to become a HC in the SEC (particularly doing so at UK) is no easy feat.

No disrespect, but I find the regular season to be extremely meaningful. I'm sure my sons did too when they played. Wanting to win every game regardless of the impact on the playoffs was meaningful to them. Plus winning the district games had a big impact on whether you stayed at home the first two playoff games. If we have to play CovCath in the playoffs, I sure like it being at Highlands, which means the regular season game against them is HUGE.

HellBird, there have been some recent years that Highlands was heads and shoulders better than CovCath and there have been some recent years that, while Highlands won the games, the two teams were pretty close. Some years that the Birds won state, I felt that CovCath was the best team Highlands played all year; other years I've felt that Johnson Central was the best Highlands played all year. So perhaps you are partially right and Bluedad is partially right.

Ironically, McConnell's willingness to hammer out deals and compromise is the very reason the Tea Party folks can't stand McConnell and are supporting Bevin so fervently. McConnell has his flaws; no doubt about it. But I will be voting for him. Much better choice for the country and Ky than Bevin is, in my opinion.

Agree.

Another well written article by David. Well done Sir. I really enjoy these articles.

Do you honestly think the US will be safe and prosper in the future if we again adopt the isolated, "island fortress" mentality? If you think China is a threat to the US economically and militarily, you just might want to examine how much foreign financial aid they are giving out. Right, wrong or otherwise, foreign financial aid equates to influence in places that people much more knowledgeable than you and I in foreign affairs think we need influence.

Excuse me, but if what you say is true, your reaction says a lot, a whole lot, more about you than it does about the UK fans that have made you root against UK. First, it is extremely sophomoric to turn against a program, any program, because of its fans. I've read people say they won't root for Highlands because of some fans on here and other sites. That's sheer silliness. My guess is that you didn't become a "gigantic Kentucky fan" because of reasonable UK fans. So to later turn against UK because of some fans is, well sophomoric. Second, who in their right mind would join a website focused on Kentucky sports and not expect to find some way over the top UK fans? It would be like me joining an Ohio sports website and becoming upset that there were over the top OSU fans. Heck, I'd expect it and it wouldn't affect my thoughts on OSU football one bit. Third, for someone that each year asks BGPers for help collecting links to newspaper articles on Ky. high school football and information about Kentucky high school football players, your strongly stated distain for UK isn't going to help you very much. That's not very bright. But play on if you must.

Hope you are right, but I think it's more likely that the Harrisons will be the ones in early foul trouble trying to defend UConn's much quicker guards.

Mark Wehry does a great job on the CCH internet broadcasts and doesn't get the credit he deserves.

Well done indeed. Things won't be the same without Dave being in his spot.

56; no on the tats and piercings.

Congrats Colonels. Well done.

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Bingo. Possible loss of catastrophic insurance coverage is a huge concern for the KHSAA. Best I recall is that the insurance only covers injuries incurred when eligible players are playing/practicing against other eligible players. I'd think, but do not know for certain, that if eligible CovCath players practiced during the season against any person that is not an eligible player it would be a violation of the KHSAA rules intended to ensure that the catastrophic coverage is not lost.

Prayers sent from the Schlosser and Fennell families.

Come on BB, that's too harsh in my opinion. Scott improved dramatically the last couple of years. I like what is being done at Scott.

If I recall properly, several states have previously re-written their statutes to make this behavior illegal. The Mass. legislature had not done so yet (but I'm sure they will now).

That simply is not true. I would do the research to first determine if the Florida team playing Cooper was weak, average or strong. And if I couldn't make that determination, I'd keep my mouth shut.